Safety and environmental consulting firm expands

Published 9:06 pm Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Local safety, environmental and continuous improvement consulting firm — Provenio Consulting — is continuing to add consultants with unique subject matter expertise to serve businesses, schools, non-profits and municipalities in the southeast Minnesota region and beyond, according to a press release. The two newest members of the Provenio team are David Miller and Dave Radtke.

Miller is a law enforcement officer, use of force instructor and former SWAT team leader. Miller brings his experiences to private industry and organizations that need help with developing procedures to help prevent active shooter and workplace violence incidents and put response plans into place.

Radtke is an environmental, health and safety manager in industry and a captain and EMT on a local fire department with a wealth of experience training fire and EMS personnel, the release stated. Radtke brings his expertise as a consultant to help Provenio serve the needs of first responders and increase its ability to offer confined space and technical rescue capabilities and training to the industry. Confined space and technical rescue may apply to grain elevators, above and below-ground tank entries, underground utility vaults and companies that work from heights, among others.

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Tim Harves, who is a police officer and EMT, has been offering first aid and CPR classes through Provenio for the past several months, and is now also offering alcohol and drug impairment recognition training for supervisors.

“I’m really excited to see the talent within Provenio grow so that we can offer local organizations the best subject matter experts in the area to help them solve their challenges and successfully grow, while keeping their workplaces safe and environmentally sustainable,” said Provenio owner and principal consultant Brad Kramer. “It’s also great being able to offer a way for local experts to utilize their skills and teach in different environments.”